The Last Supper painting is a masterpiece by the legendary artist Leonardo da Vinci. The actual painting was made on hard plaster, which has been restored several times. The Last Supper painting is a masterpiece by the legendary artist Leonardo da Vinci. The actual painting was made on hard plaster, which has been restored several times. The Last S...

"The Women of Klimt, Schiele and Kokoschka" exhibition explores the numerous and almost obsessive depictions of women painted by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Oskar Kokoschka. It opened at the Belvedere Palace & Museum in Vienna and is on view from October 22 to February 28. "The Women of Klimt, Schiele and Kokoschka" exhibition explores the nume...

While many are familiar with the term “starving artist,” this stereotype of impoverished artists struggling to get by has been sadly true throughout much of history. Fine art painters in particular are infamous for leading poverty and grief-stricken lives. While many are familiar with the term “starving artist,” this stereotype of impoverished arti...

Whether you’re buying art in the interest of investment, collecting, or interior decorating, minimalist pieces have a rare appeal. Steering away from the figurative work that defined previous periods in art history, post-1945 Italian, German, and Austrian pieces grapple with the metaphysical. Whether you’re buying art in the interest of investment,.....

In his Fifties and Sixties heyday, Alberto Giacometti was seen as a sculptor who did portraits on the side. Nowadays, that position is reversed. The Swiss-born sculptor’s spindly bronze figures, once considered among the defining images o...

Nowadays, Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss” stands among the most romantic artworks ever painted in the world. However, it hasn’t always been so. Nowadays, Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss” stands among the most romantic artworks ever painted in the world. However, it hasn’t always been so. Painted at the height of the artist’s “Golden Period,” the Kiss features t...